Advise needed about getting flatter.....

[jbrunk]

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I am trying to flatten out my swing, some may say get more 1 plane-ish. Bottom line is, I want to get rid of the "arm raising" I have at the top of my swing that causes me to go across the line. How do I accomplish this?

[GregJWillis]

Re: Advise needed about getting flatter.....

Tilt the shoulders down more rotating them ... not so much on a horizontal plane, but more on a 45 degree plane (perp to your spine angle).

You will feel the left shoulder dip down slightly in your first move.

[jbrunk]

Re: Advise needed about getting flatter.....

Greg,

Can you explain a little more detail?

Also, from what you see in my swing, is getting flatter a good thing?

[GregJWillis]

Re: Advise needed about getting flatter.....

You asked how to get a flatter swing. I suggest to do this first in your shoulders rotational plane, and not forcing the arms to be pulled low into the chest.

Adjusting the shoulder plane will allow the swing to replicate this position vs. just a change in the arm's position.

To help you describe the change, imagine the shoulders rotating perfectly horizontal (or flat). To get your arms to swing about your body, they will have to be very vertical in respect to the body (what you want to get away from).

So to flatten the arm's position in respect to the body, if you tilt the shoulders rotation about the spine and get them to rotate closer to a 45 degree angle, the arms can now swing about the body on a flatter "looking" plane, yet they are actually now more perpendicular in respect to the body...which get's you to stay "connected" better during the body's rotation.

To answer your question about your swing going to a flatter swing plane...this is never a bad thing. Flat is better at connection timing. An upright plane is actually a lazy disconnection of the arms from the body that requires more timing. You may feel more powerful, but what is preceived as powerful is sometimes wasted when you misstime all those additional elements.

[shootin4par]

Re: Advise needed about getting flatter.....

you should have a golf mirror by now, if not go buy one. Also get a dry erase marker. now draw a straight line donw the mirror and make it a T that stands straight up and down, the cross part is your shoulders, the other part is your spine, you are turning more on this level. Now take that T and make it at an angle of 45*, then turn on this angle with your shoulders and spine